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1922: Food

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British Food Culture in the 1920s

British food culture in 1922 was becoming more un-Americanized. American influence is particularly good because it involves things like vaulting composite salads. The first calorie control diet comes along in the 1920s, and since then really it's been a slippery slate to body dysmorphia for most people. And towards the end of the 20s get this thing called the Hollywood Diet, which is basically a cup of coffee and fag every morning.

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